Rodney Bassett, Ph.D.

Honors and Awards

Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1973University Fellowship, The Ohio State University, 1973-1977Nominee for Graduate Associate Teaching Award, The Ohio State University, 1976Recipient of the Barbara S. Muller Award for Teaching Excellence, Roberts Wesleyan College, 1978Who's Who in the East, 1983Outstanding Young Men in America, 1983Recipient of the Faculty Award for Professional Accomplishments, Roberts Wesleyan College, 1992 and 2007Who's Who in Theology and Science, 1995Who's Who in America, 1999 and 2001Directory of American Scholars, 2000Recipient of the Distinguished Member Award, Christian Association for Psychological Studies, 2007

Professional Organizations

Christian Association for Psychological StudiesSociety for Personality and Social Psychology

Teaching Interests

Ongoing Research Projects

Spirituality and Justice, CRJ research project Personality and Justice, CRJ research project College Justice, CRJ research projectRemorse and Openness, Independent Study research project “Please care about me!” or “I am pleased to care about you!” Considering Adaptive and Maladaptive Versions of Unmitigated Communion “Exploring the Psychological Topography of Self-Sacrifice” Paper integrating four projects involving the assessment of legalism and grace within people’s lives

Bassett, R. L. (1991, August). Applying the Elaboration Likelihood Model to the Psychology of religion. In P. C. Hill (Chair), Promising cognitive models for an empirical psychology of religion. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco.

Bassett, R. L. (1991, September). Some things have changed and other things have not changed. In P. C. Hill (Chair),The concept of integration: Where have we been and where are we going? Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies (Eastern Region), Sandy Cove, MD.

Bassett, R. L. (2012, March). Engaging undergraduate students in research. In E. Worthington, Jr. (Chair), Engaging students in your research program regardless of your academic setting. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Christian Association for Psychological Studies, Washington DC.

Bassett, R. L. (2012). Seeing in a mirror dimly: Doing original research withundergraduate students. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 31,298-302.

Bassett, R. L. Amazing grace in the life of the earnest Christian. Possible chapter in the edited volume Earnest.

Bassett, R. L., & Roberts Wesleyan College Psychology Research Group (2013). An empirical consideration of grace and legalism within Christian experience. Journal of Psychology and Christianity, 32, 43-69.

Bassett, R. L., Breault, J., Buettner, K., Vitale, J., Hochheimer, M., & Moore, S. Forgiveness: It may be less about right and wrong and more about you and me. Submitted for possible publication to the Journal of Psychology and Christianity.

Bassett, R. L., Hoeflein, K., Lim, H., Hedrick, N., & Staci Downey. Are Pharisees and disciples really that different? A consideration of grace and legalism. This paper was invited to be part of a special issue on Christian Psychology for the Journal of Positive Psychology.

Garrick, I., Olmstead, M., Birrittella, D., & Bassett, R. L. (2004, March). Walking down the sunny side of the street: Optimism for the present and future. Paper presented at the mid-winter meeting of Division 36 of the American Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.

Hill, P. C., and Bassett, R. L. (1990, November). Getting to the heart of the matter: What the social‑psychological study of attitudes offers psychology of religion. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society of the Scientific Study of Religion, Virginia Beach, VA.

Hill, P. C., and Bassett, R. L. (1992). Getting to the heart of the matter: What the social‑psychological study of attitudes has to offer psychology of religion. In M. L. Lynn and D. 0. Moberg (Eds.), Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion. Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press, Inc.